hello tangled fandom I just finished the show yesterday and not gonna lie cassandras black rock form reminded me of the roaring knight and I couldn’t get it out of my head as well as rapunzel just being flowery (ITS LITERALLY IN HIS NAME AND HE HAS BLONDE HAIR AND IS JUST AN OVERALL FRIENDLY GUY IM NOT INSANE YALL SEE IT) so have a genderbent flowery deltarune design if not just trans flowery is my new headcanon and y’all can’t stop me and roaring knight Cassandra because why the fuck not
yall need to hop on Deltarune genuinely in chapter 5 your mind will be blown
these guys have no fucking idea what’s happening because they aren’t in the deltarune fandom I’m crying
his catchphrase being jarona is only a few letters off to being corona I LOWKEY MIGHT BE TOBY FOX
Crossing The Line is my favourite TTS song, so 800+ word 3-4 AM analysis of why
I know that there are a lot of negative opinions about Cassy’s season 3 arc, but I really love it. (I haven’t really gone and looked at people’s reasons because I feel like it’s something where others will just have interpretations I think are wrong, or will be hung up on somewhat unimportant things, and therefore it will make me mad). Anyway, little random 3 AM essay because I love Crossing The Line so much and it’s my favourite TTS song for both it’s story significance, the visuals, the way the music really fits the role this song takes, and Eden Espinosa’s gorgeous vocals. Sorry if this ends up being barely coherent, I’m writing this as things come up in the music video, and also, it’s late.
spoilers for up to season 3 episode 1 of Tangled the series
I love the start of this song. It scratches such an itch in my brain. I love the clash of Cassie and Raps’ voices and tones. Raps opening the song like Cass is a toddler having a tantrum, and Cass immediately calling her on it is something I very much enjoy, especially combined with the “cassandra listen” “I’m listening” exchange. Rapunzel asking Cass to listen when Cass has always been listening. For so long Cass has listened to Rapunzel’s feelings and problems, and has been the one to solve them or to give in. Rapunzel has never listened to her. Any time Cass and Rapunzel talk about their issues it tends to ends up being Cass telling Raps her issue and Rapunzel responding (in a much nicer way of course) “oh, well I don’t feel the same and sorry, but since I’m the princess you just have to suck it up.” She’s always in the right when they disagree, and Cass is the one who has to apologize, even if she is objectively in the right.
In their argument in this part of the song you can see Cass starting to give in, because she cares about Rapunzel, and cutting her off does hurt Cass. But then Rapunzel reminds her of why she was making this decision in the first place. Rapunzel tells Cass, who has been waiting for her chance to shine all her life, to “wait.” Cass is tired of waiting. She’s spent so long waiting for her chance to be in the spotlight, only to have Rapunzel butt in and block it every single time. Any chance that Cass could have to be the hero, to be her own person, Rapunzel is always there. Cass loves Rapunzel, but she’s so tired of Rapunzel taking every opportunity that is supposed to be hers, even if Rapunzel doesn’t realize it.
And a moment of appreciation for this frame. It’s one of my favourites in the show. I love how season 3 uses reflection imagery as a way of confronting yourself, what you’ve become/are becoming, and your past.
“There’s a line between the chosen, and the rest.” Rapunzel has always been chosen over Cass. By the entire kingdom, by her found father, by their friends, by her own mother, and, hell, even by Cassandra herself. Sure, Rapunzel might not realize, but that doesn't make it not true. Of course this would build resentment from Cass.
Cass goes on to sing about how she has tried to get her moment, how she has given her all toward making her own place. But no matter what she’s always second best. She’s always just an accessory of the princess. She is not Cassandra in most people’s eyes, she is Rapunzel’s lady in waiting. .
I love how happy Cassie sounds and looks when she bursts the doors open and declares that she’s “crossing the line”. She moves so much more loosely, and does seem genuinely happier. She’s announcing to the world that she’s done being in Rapunzel’s shadow, she’s not waiting in the wings anymore, she’s taking the stage and the spotlight whether we’re ready or not. She’s taking the attention that’s always been given to Raps instead. She is fully ready and intending to burn the bridge between her and Rapunzel due to all that Rapunzel has taken from her in her eyes.
The scene where Rapunzel chases Cass onto the bridge, telling her, again, to “wait” despite that Cass told her she’s not waiting. And Cass physically breaking the thing connecting them. I love the double meaning there
While I don’t think Raps is malicious or anything of the like, I do get where Cass is coming from. There is so much resentment Cass has bottled up to the point where she probably didn’t even know it was there. There were so many straws and eventually Cass snapped.
I also feel like Rapunzel never puts the effort or introspection in to figure out why Cass is upset. This is mainly because of how Raps speaks of the situation in her solo in the finale, but that’s an essay for another day.
Anyways, it’s late, this is long, I should probably go to bed like I said I would
